Subject Historical Dictionary

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 8/8/07, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> I am trying to compile a list of historical dictionary of English
> restricted to a particular subject area, such as Edward J. Nichols,
> "Historical Dictionary of Baseball Terminology" or Robert S. Gold, Jazz
> Talk.  Can anyone suggest other examples?  By "historical dictionary" I
> mean a dictionary with precise dated citations, including an attempt at
> finding the first use of the term.

Allow me to mention two fine OUP publications:

_The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang_, ed. by Grant Barrett
_Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction_, ed. by
Jeff Prucher

Paul Dickson's _Baseball Dictionary_ would also fit the description.


--Ben Zimmer

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